Improvement in bars for fences



W. H. STRIGKLER.

,Bars for Fences. I

N0,]55,]72 Patented Sept. 22, 1874.

THE GRAPHIC CO. PHOTQ-UTH.39 & 4 PARK PLACE, NJ,

UNITED STATES .PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. STRIOKLER, OF MotINT PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARS FOR FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,172, datedSeptember 22, 1874; application filed August 1, 1874.

tially open the bars; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view, showing the barsswung around.

Similar letters of reference in the accompanying drawings denote thesame parts.

This invention has for its object to provide a fence, where it crosses aroadway, with a set of bars adapted to be let down simultaneously at oneend, to allow cattle to pass through, or to be swung aroundsimultaneously at right angles with their position when closed, so as toallow the passage of a vehicle. To this end the invention consists in aset of horizontal bars articulated to a diagonal lever intersecting theset, and supported at one end between two standards, so located as topermit the bars to slide between them, or to swing horizontally, afterthe manner of a pivoted gate. The opposite ends of the bars aresupported by a niortised post, and are secured by hooks engaging withstaples on said post, all of which I will now proceed to describe.

In the drawings, A represents a vertical post, provided with mortisesadapted to receive the ends of a set of bars. B B represent two'verticalposts, located on the opposite side of the roadway, said posts being solocated with respect to each other that a vertical plane through thecenter of each would be diagonal to the roadway. O 0 represent the bars,which engage at one end with the mortises of the post A, and aresupported at the other end by horizontal blocks D attached to the postsB B, said blocks being at right angles with the bars 0 when the latterare closed. The barslare articulated to a lever, E, which crosses themdiagonally near one end, and is provided with a handle, E. A strip, F,is placed on the oppositeside of the bars, and attached by the samebolts that secure the lever E.

When the bars are closed, as shown in Fig. I, the lever E inclinestoward the post A. The bars are held'in this position by hooks H H onthe upper and lower bars, said hooks engaging with staples on the postA.

When it is desired to open the bars sufficiently to allow the passage ofonly one animal, the hook of the upper bar is disengaged from the post.A, the lower one remaining fastened, the lever is grasped by theoperator and its upper end swung backward from the post. The lower rail,being fastened to the post by its book, serves as the fulcrum, and theremaining railsare pushed backward to different degrees, their radiusesor the distance of their pivotal points from that of the lower bardecreasing from top to bottom. The 1ever is swung backward until the endof each bar between the posts A and B B rests on the one below it, asshown in Fig. 2, an opening being thus formed adapted to permit thepassage of a single animal.

To entirely clear the roadway and allow a vehicle to pass through, bothhooks, H H, are disengaged, and the whole set of bars is moved backwardsimultaneously for about half their length, and then swung aroundparallel with the roadway, as shown in Fig. 3, the posts B B being solocated as to admit of both motions of the bars, which slide and turnfreely on the blocks 1).

This device combines in a neat, cheap, and convenient form a set of barsand a gate, and is adapted to be operated in the former capacity muchmore quickly and easily than the old form, the bars being operatedsimultaneously.

If desired, the post A may be provided with only two mortises, one forthe upper, and one for the lower bar, the intervening bars being cut offso as to simply bear against the surface of the post.

The hook H is provided with a foot-piece, which projects on the oppositeside of the bar to which it is attached. The hook is thus which saidbars may be moved endwise, or adapted to be disengaged by the foot fromoperated as a swinging gate, substantially as either side. The lever Ecan be easily operdescribed.

ated from the back of a horse.

I claim as my invention WILLIAM H. STRIOKLER. The bars G O, pivoted tothe hand-lever E, Witnesses: in combination with the diagonal posts B,A. F. RosEN,

provided with supports D D, by means of A. R. STONER.

